Gromril
Licensed IP · Very Rare · Medieval
The finest metal of the Warhammer world, gromril is a meteoric ore found primarily in the Worlds Edge Mountains. Dwarfs guard both their mines and their smithing secrets with extreme jealousy, and non-Dwarfs who possess gromril items are a subject of immediate suspicion.
Identity
- Source
- Warhammer Fantasy
- Also known as
- Dwarf-iron, True gromril, Sky metal
- Comes from
- Black Water, Worlds Edge Mountains
Physical Properties
- Appearance
- Dark blue-grey, almost purple in some lights, unnaturally dense for its volume
- Luster
- Metallic
- Density
- 13 g/cm³
- Melting point
- 2800 °C
- Boiling point
- 5000 °C
- Lighter
- Rhodium
- Denser
- Mercury
- Magnetism
- Non-magnetic
- Electrical conductivity
- Medium
Mechanical Properties
- Mohs hardness
- 11
- Tensile strength
- 1400 MPa
- Softer
- Voidsteel
- Harder
- Adamantine
- Workability
- Difficult
- Brittleness
- Tough
- Malleability
- Low
- Ductility
- Low
Chemical Properties
- Corrosion resistance
- Very High
- Reactivity
- Very Low
Lore & Narrative
Gromril armor is the pinnacle of Dwarf craftsmanship. Ancestor runes can be inscribed into gromril with a permanence impossible in lesser metals. Some ancient gromril pieces have been in continuous use for thousands of years, passed from master to apprentice with the weight of sacred obligation.
- Notable uses
- Dwarf armor, rune weapons, vault doors, sacred relics
- Forge uses
- Armor, Rune weapons, Vault construction
- Worldbuilding traits
- Dwarven, Meteoric, Rune-receptive, Warhammer
Sources
- Gromril, Lexicanum
- The place was read in search excerpts of the Lexicanum, whose page could not be fetched: to be checked against a Warhammer army book.
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